Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
Associate Professor in international relations and political economy, into development and social justice. Volunteer at Jubilee Australia and
Indigo Australia.
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Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Geneva’s Fractured Final Hours - Australian Institute of International Affairs
The promise of a global plastics treaty has once again stalled, with negotiations ending without agreement or textual progress. While entrenched redlines steered the process toward lowest-common-denom...
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
Given a plastic bottle lasts at least 450, years, this analysis from ny fab colleague Babet de Groot is depressing but important. www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
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"What's remarkable about AUKUS is it was signed up without even a formal cabinet brief.
"It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament."
-Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
"It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament."
-Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jul 28
At the Wollongong library for a talk by Alexander Brown on the cool history of the peace movement in #Wollongong. #NoNukes #NoWar
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Antisemitism: trinity of envoys clouds contest for social cohesion - Michael West
Controversy over envoy Jillian Segal's plan to combat antisemitism - should the special envoys into one Social Cohesion role?
michaelwest.com.au
This piece from my friend Ali is spot on. You've really also got to wonder what the ALP were thinking with the politics here, the approach was always just going to create them headache. michaelwest.com.au/a-trinity-of...
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 22
News live: ‘no way’ Australia would send troops into Iran, former ambassador to US says; Tasmanians reject stadium deal
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
Wow @australianlabor.bsky.social a breach of international law and this is your response. Next time you say 'rules based international order', I think the only response is (to borrow from Python): 'You... tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!' #auapol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Greg Jericho
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
· Jun 22
Penny Wong, 2003: "I say suspicion is not enough. To justify going to war we need more than suspicion. What sort of world would we live in if suspicion alone was justification for participation in unilateral military action outside the auspices of the UN? "
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 19
Support Masafer Yatta - Watch No Other Land
supportmasaferyatta.com
Just watched the doco No Other Land, put on by the Refugee Action Collective Illawarra. Even though I know the Israeli government is committing human rights abuses everyday, it was harrowing - but still please watch it. supportmasaferyatta.com
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 19
The Bretton Woods twins and reform agendas: from the NIEO to the Bridgetown Agenda
Reforming the role of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank was a core goal of the 1974 New International Economic Order (NIEO). While there were calls for reform of the Bretton Woods Twin...
www.tandfonline.com
Matthew Mabefam and I showed how the US has a long record of successfully resisting calls from the #GlobalSouth for reform of the #WorldBank and #IMF. The South must build new institutions, but the efforts so far (NDB, AIIB) only reinforce the failed system. 2/2
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Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 19
Remarks at the closing meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development
Chair, our commitment to international cooperation and long-term economic development remains steadfast; however, the United States regrets that the text before us today does not offer a path to conse...
usun.usmission.gov
US withdrawal from #FfD4 meeting was because they reject an active UN role in development but also refuse to expand resources in the #WorldBank and #IMF. Further evidence that staying in the Bank/Fund was about closing developmental space for the #GlobalSouth 1/2 usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-t...
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 17
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Tax Justice Network
@taxjustice.net
· Jun 17
The $500 B lost to global tax abuse every year means that much is lost in healthcare, education & other essential services.
Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.
Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 16
Sam Nicholls' paper on the strategic imaginaries of the New International Economic Order - also part of our forthcoming Special Issue in the #NIEO - is currently top of the DiP most read for the year list. Yeah Sam!
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 16
Part of our forthcoming issue on the 50-year anniversary of the New International Economic Order: Stephen Cutts explores "How the OECD/DAC donor club ignored the NIEO … and the consequences"...
Part of our forthcoming issue on the 50-year anniversary of the New International Economic Order: Stephen Cutts explores "How the OECD/DAC donor club ignored the NIEO … and the consequences"...
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Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 16
✍️PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS
Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS NOW!
Australia Institute research shows a majority of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS
✍️ Add your name now >
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
Please consider signing this petition calling for an enquiry into #AUKUS #auspol nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Aukus will cost Australia $368bn. What if there was a better, cheaper defence strategy?
As questions swirl around the nuclear submarine deal, some strategists are pushing for an alternative, ‘echidna’ policy that focuses less on offensive capability
www.theguardian.com
There's talk that #Albo's sweetener for the Trump (mal)Administration will be a US east coast submarine base in #Wollongong. Be honest with us @australianlabor.bsky.social and be prepared for a fight, #noplaceforanuclearbase www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Turn Debt into Hope
Let us commit ourselves to remedying the remote causes of injustice, settling unjust and unpayable debts.
turndebtintohope.caritas.org
2025 needs to be a big year for debt justice. Signing this Caritas petition is a small way to add your voice to the campaign. turndebtintohope.caritas.org